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NICE Bus debuts to promises, skepticism

A new Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus is

Photo credit: Barry Sloan | A new Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) bus is ready to go in Garden City. (January 1, 2012)

About 1 a.m. Sunday, the last-ever MTA Long Island Bus trip and the first-ever Veolia NICE Bus trip crossed in their respective runs between Jamaica and Hempstead.

The moment was the culmination of a challenging year for Nassau's bus system, which was caught up in a clash between politicians and transit officials about how to best provide bus service to the county's 100,000 weekday riders...

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